[00:00.000] 作词 : Traditional
[00:22.868]Come here ladies and gentleman
[00:24.378]Listen to my song
[00:25.426]Play it to you right
[00:26.180]But you may think it wrong
[00:27.536]May make you mad
[00:28.332]But I mean no harm
[00:29.453]It’s just about the renters on Penny’s farm
[00:31.492]It’s a hard time in the country
[00:33.775]Down on Penny’s farm
[00:48.210]Go into the fields
[00:48.919]And you work all day
[00:50.268]Deep into the night
[00:51.022]But you get no pay
[00:52.323]Promise you some meat
[00:53.092]Or a little bucket of lard
[00:54.164]It’s hard to make a living
[00:55.060]On Penny’s farm
[00:56.160]It’s a hard time in the country
[00:58.493]Down on Penny’s farm
[01:12.991]Hear George Penny
[01:13.587]He’ll be coming into town
[01:14.682]With a wagon load of peaches
[01:15.516]Not a one of them sound
[01:16.729]Gotta get his money
[01:17.644]Gotta get a check
[01:18.889]Pay you for a bushel
[01:19.686]But you never get a peck
[01:20.712]It’s a hard time in the country
[01:22.989]Down on Penny’s farm
[01:37.330]George Penny’s renters
[01:38.158]They be coming into town
[01:39.166]With their hands in their pockets
[01:40.065]And their heads hanging down
[01:41.419]Go to the merchant
[01:42.079]And the merchant he’ll say
[01:43.306]“Your mortgage it is due “
[01:44.138]And I’m looking for my pay”
[01:45.214]It’s a hard time in the country
[01:47.591]Down on Penny’s farm
[02:01.861]Deep into his pocket
[02:02.543]With a trembling hand
[02:03.709]“Can’t pay you what I owe “
[02:04.664]But I'll pay you what I can”
[02:05.840]Down to the merchant
[02:06.684]And the merchant make a call
[02:07.791]Put you on the chain gang
[02:08.828]Don’t pay at all
[02:09.768]It’s a hard time in the country
[02:12.016]Down on Penny’s farm